Semen Pavlichenko

Semen Pavlichenko
	Pavlichenko in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Semyon Aleksandrovich Pavlichenko
Nationality	Russian
Born	11 May 1991 (age 35); Bratsk, RSFSR, USSR (now Russia)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Luge
Event	Singles
Medal record
Men's luge
Representing Russia
World Championships
European Championships
Representing Russian Luge Federation
World Championships

Semen Aleksandrovich Pavlichenko (Russian: Семё́н Алекса́ндрович Павличе́нко; born 11 May 1991) is a Russian luger. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics.^[1]

World Cup podiums

Season	Date	Location	Discipline	Place
2014–15	18 January 2015	Oberhof, Germany	Team Relay	3rd
	1 February 2015	Lillehammer, Norway	Singles	2nd
	1 February 2015	Lillehammer, Norway	Team Relay	2nd
	1 March 2015	Sochi, Russia	Singles	1st
	1 March 2015	Sochi, Russia	Team Relay	2nd
2015–16	5 December 2015	Lake Placid, United States	Team Relay	3rd
	10 January 2016	Sigulda, Latvia	Singles	2nd
	10 January 2016	Sigulda, Latvia	Team Relay	3rd
	7 February 2016	Sochi, Russia	Team Relay	1st
2016–17	2 December 2016	Lake Placid, United States	Singles	2nd
	3 December 2016	Lake Placid, United States	Team Relay	2nd
	6 January 2017	Königssee, Germany	Singles	1st
	15 January 2017	Sigulda, Latvia	Singles	1st
	15 January 2017	Sigulda, Latvia	Singles (sprint)	2nd
	15 January 2017	Sigulda, Latvia	Team Relay	1st
2017–18	19 November 2017	Innsbruck, Austria	Singles	1st
	19 November 2017	Innsbruck, Austria	Team Relay	3rd
	26 November 2017	Winterberg, Germany	Singles (sprint)	2nd
	16 December 2017	Lake Placid, United States	Singles	2nd
	14 January 2018	Oberhof, Germany	Singles	2nd
	21 January 2018	Lillehammer, Norway	Singles (sprint)	1st
	28 January 2018	Sigulda, Latvia	Singles	1st
	28 January 2018	Sigulda, Latvia	Team Relay	1st
2018–19	1 December 2018	Whistler, Canada	Team Relay	1st
	16 December 2018	Lake Placid, United States	Singles (sprint)	2nd
	13 January 2019	Sigulda, Latvia	Singles	1st
	13 January 2019	Sigulda, Latvia	Team Relay	2nd
	9 February 2019	Oberhof, Germany	Singles	1st
	24 February 2019	Sochi, Russia	Singles	1st
	24 February 2019	Sochi, Russia	Singles (sprint)	1st
	24 February 2019	Sochi, Russia	Team Relay	1st
2019–20	12 January 2020	Altenberg, Germany	Team Relay	1st
	19 January 2020	Lillehammer, Norway	Singles	2nd
	26 January 2020	Sigulda, Latvia	Singles (sprint)	1st
	1 February 2020	Oberhof, Germany	Singles	2nd
	23 February 2020	Winterberg, Germany	Team Relay	1st
	1 March 2020	Königssee, Germany	Singles	1st
	1 March 2020	Königssee, Germany	Team Relay	3rd
2020–21	29 November 2020	Innsbruck, Austria	Team Relay	3rd
	6 December 2020	Altenberg, Germany	Team Relay	2nd
	10 January 2021	Sigulda, Latvia	Team Relay	1st
	23 January 2021	Innsbruck, Austria	Singles	2nd
	24 January 2021	Innsbruck, Austria	Singles (Sprint)	1st
2020–21	28 November 2021	Sochi, Russia	Team relay	1st

Season titles

1 titles – (1 singles)

Season	Discipline
2019	Men's singles

Biography

Semen Pavlichenko was born on 11 May 1991 in Bratsk, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. He began practicing luge at the age of ten at a local youth sports school, where he trained under coach Eduard Burmistrov, a former professional luger. In 2019, he graduated from Pushkin Leningrad State University with a degree in physical education.

Pavlichenko made his debut in the Luge World Cup during the 2007–08 season, finishing 43rd in the overall standings. In 2009, he won silver at the Russian National Championships and bronze at the Junior World Championships in Nagano. A year later, he won silver at the Junior World Championships in Igls, Austria. During the 2010–11 season, he finished 21st in the overall World Cup standings.

In February 2015, Pavlichenko won gold at the World Championships in Sigulda, Latvia — the first such title for Russia in men’s singles since Soviet luger Sergey Danilin’s victory in 1981.^[2] In February 2019, he won the European Championships in Oberhof, Germany.